Culture

Victor Perlo’s penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy

August 1, 2007 By José Cademártori

U.S. military interventionism is the subject of numerous commentaries by the author. Perlo noted its continuous use under different administrations and showed its direct connection to the military-industrial complex.

Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical

June 22, 2007 By Dennis Laumann

His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.

Paul Robeson: The tallest tree in our forest

April 7, 2006 By Marilyn Bechtel

Paul Robeson’s legacy in the 21st century OAKLAND — Fifty years ago, when legendary civil rights and peace leader, athlete, and artist Paul Robeson was being hounded by McCarthy-era witch-hunting committees, deprived of his livelihood and...

Einstein in the hood. BOOK REVIEW: Einstein on Race and Racism.

February 24, 2006 By Special to People’s World

Princeton was a southern town in northern gown. Segregation of Blacks from whites was widely practiced and enforced. Einstein, a German-born Jew and naturalized American citizen, was acutely aware of what racism is and does, and...

America the Beautiful a call to struggle

September 17, 2004 By Tim Yeager

In 1893, a 34-year-old English teacher from Massachusetts rode a mule to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. As she stood at the summit, she beheld the vista of the Great Plains spreading out to...